CubCrafters CC11-160 N71BN

Summary

On 31 August 2018 at about 17:45 local time, a CubCrafters CC11-160 registered N71BN was involved in an accident near Lancaster, Ohio, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

31 August 2018 at 17:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Lancaster, Ohio, United States

Nearest airport

Fairfield County (LHQ)

Coordinates

39.7556, -82.6572

Aircraft

CubCrafters CC11-160

Registration

N71BN

Category

Airplane

Year built

2009

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Chapel Hill → Lancaster

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN18LA370

Nobody was injured.

The delayed application of carburetor heat by the pilot which led to accumulation of carburetor ice, eventual loss of engine power, and the subsequent forced landing in high vegetation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that while descending from cruise flight to traffic pattern altitude, the airplane's engine began to run rough. He applied carburetor heat which made the roughness worse and when he then turned off carburetor heat, the engine lost all power. The pilot executed a forced landing to a farm field where the airplane nosed over in the high vegetation. According to a carburetor icing probability chart, the temperature and dew point were in the range of susceptibility for serious carburetor icing at descent power settings. The pilot's report of the accident listed no mechanical malfunctions or failures of the airplane, and a recommendation to apply carburetor heat earlier at the beginning of the descent. Based on the information available the airplane's engine likely lost power due to accumulation of carburetor ice due to the delayed application of carburetor heat.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.